Time heals all wounds—but how about honey? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Honey’s been slathered on wounds since King Tut. But did it HEAL or just STICK? Andrew Jull, from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, dug further. He pored over scientific publications, and
A monitor for… the baby monitor?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Raising kids is a science – one that we need more data on. Enter Zhenzhen Weng and team at Stanford. They created HARMONI, an A-I tool that watches videos to study how kids and
Let’s have a Dinner Party! But YOU host it! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. You’re gearing up for a fun night – and your blood is pumping with excitement! Is your heart getting you too worked up? Brian Hsueh and team at Stanford put
Don’t come any closer! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. People with psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, tend to need more personal space. Why? Enter, Louis Vinke and team at Massachusetts General Hospital. They recruited healthy adults and participants diagnosed with schizophrenia. While participants watched
Fight Night! In one corner, cancer. In the other…your immune system? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Traditional cancer treatments pack a punch – often with brutal side effects. How can we reduce those? Enter David Braun and team at Yale. They developed personalized vaccines
Go ahead, sleep in. It’s good for ya! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science Lee Hsiang Liow and colleagues of the University of Oslo identified over forty-five hundred mammal species exhibiting “sleep-or-hide” behavior. Think tunneling, burrowing, or hibernating. They then looked at the “Red List”
Your bank account balances on a strict budget…your body does too! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Did you know your fat follows a 24-hour cycle of energy use? But who oversees all this metabolic bookkeeping? Enter Aaron Douglas and team from Trinity College. They
Ring ring! Hello, do you trust SCIENTISTS??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Seventy thousand people across the globe were asked this very question by Viktoria Cologna from Harvard. And? There’s room for improvement. Over eighty percent of responders want scientists to be more communicative
Take a chill pill! For the grandbabies! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our D-N-A code makes us who we are! But how does stress affect that code? Enter Stephanie King and team at the University of Lethbridge. They investigated how stress is carried across
Could the cure for cancer be… your own fat?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Cancer cells grow by stealing glucose and fatty acids from our bodies. What if we cut off their supply? Researchers at U-C San Francisco have developed a way to do
